Juan Bautista Comes
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Juan Bautista Comes, also known as Joan Baptista Comes, (29 February 1568 - 5 January 1643) was a Spanish Baroque composer who was born and died in Valencia.
It is known that before 1613 he held posts as Maestro de Capilla in Lleida at its cathedral and in Valencia at Colegio del Patriarca. Also in Valencia, at its cathedral, from 1613 to 1619, he held a post as Maestro de Capilla. From 1619 to 1629 he was Second Maestro in Madrid at Habsburg courts, during the period which Felipe III and Felipe IV were governing. Nevertheless, he returned to his old post at Valencia Cathedral in 1632, post which he held until his death.
He studied under Juan Ginés Pérez tuition.
In the range of composition he is best known for his villancicos such as "Terremoto, que ruido" and for his Christian sacred polychoral works.
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